Abstract:
Religion is not hollow but substantial, as an organization to link social members. In this sense, no religion is private or individual. The publicity of religion is emphasized here to draw religious groups' notice to public affairs in society. Nowadays there is a tendency of development to emphasize the publicity of religion, theology and philosophy in the Western world of social ideology. However, in different cultural backgrounds and environments of existence, Chinese and Western scholars differ in understanding of publicity. For history and status quo, China will not tend to take the road of integrating state with a “public” religion. And for the relation between government and church, the best policy is mutually adapting, sharing woe and weal and harmoniously getting along.
